Ohio AG Sues Home Repair Outfits Alleging Incomplete, Shoddy Work; Elderly, Poor Among Those Targeted With Deceptive Practices, Say Suits

In Franklin County, Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch reports:

• Three central Ohio home-improvement companies were sued yesterday by the Ohio attorney general's office, which accused them of taking customers' money but not doing the work they promised. Appleby Painting of Hilliard, Ohio Homeowner's Rehab of Worthington and the Concrete Crew Co. of Gahanna were accused of taking payments for uncompleted improvements and of doing "shoddy work" on projects they did complete, according to a series of lawsuits filed by Attorney General Marc Dann. The suits, filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, also said the companies routinely didn't honor warranties and "targeted low-income and elderly consumers with deceptive practices."

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• "Consumers were misled into believing that they would be eligible for government grants to fund their projects," he said. That caused "them to take out mortgage loans to pay for work that was never performed."

For more, see 3 local companies bilked homeowners, state says.

For the Ohio AG's Press Release, see Attorney General Dann Seeks to Stop Home Improvement Fraud (Alleges multiple violations of consumer protection laws).

To view the lawsuits, alleging violations of the Consumer Sales Practices Act, the Home Sales Solicitation Act , and the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, see:

• State of Ohio v. Ohio Homeowner’s Rehab LLC,
• State of Ohio v. The Concrete Crew,
• State of Ohio v. Appleby Painting, Inc. Troy Appleby, OHR, OHC, LLC , The Concrete Crew Company of Gahanna, Dennis Ranke, Jr, The Columbus Construction Crew, LLC